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architectural drawing of new church |
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People displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti still have few basic necessities |
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —More than two years after the devastating earthquake that ravaged major portions of Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, progress is slowly but surely being made to rebuild schools, clinics and churches in the poverty-stricken country.
“There is progress going on in Port-au-Prince,” said Father Bernard Baris, M.S., pastor of Our Lady of the Cape Parish in Brewster. “Much of the mess has been cleaned up from the earthquake and they are rebuilding. There are some professional buildings going up; but of course 800,000 people are still living in tents and in abominable situations without heat, water and other facilities.”
“The government is trying to clean up major refugee camps, but hundreds of thousands of people are still living in tents and without proper shelter,” agreed Missionhurst Father Andrew Labatorio. “The living conditions in camps are becoming intolerable and inhumane. Violence and undocumented rapes are becoming an everyday occurrence.”
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The Weeping Mother, Our l,ady of La Salette |
So it is with the La Salette Missionaries. Every six years they gather in a General Chapter meeting. The purposes of this chapter are:
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Bp. Richard E. Pates of Iowa, at groundbreaking for an expansion of Catholic Charities' homeless shelter in Des Moines |
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Bp. Stephen E. Blaire of California greeting members of his congregation after Mass |
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First La Salette Residence in North America on Collins Street in Hartford, CT |
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Fr. Robert Ippolito, M.S., (right) with Bp. Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Raleigh |
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Fr. Jack Garvey, M.S., missionary in Argentina |